S294 - Participant Bio

H.P. Vasantha Rupasinghe

Title: Assistant Professor

Institution: Tree Fruit Bio-product Research Program
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Truro, NS B2N 5E3 Canada

Research Topics: Isolation, characterization and evaluation of natural antimicrobial agents for extending the shelf life of fresh-cut apples; Evaluation of new apple genotypes for anti-browning properties; Development of value-added processing technologies for use of fresh-cut apple processing by-products.

Commodities: apples

Phone: 905-893-6623

E-mail: vrupasinghe@nsac.ca

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